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Striking the token-ring balance. (combining different computer networks into a single system)
Business Communications Review, September, 1993 by Nolle, Tom
Ellen Shobe has a mission--several, in fact. As communications services manager for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri, she has the task of molding a large information network at a time when every aspect of the business and technology is changing. Shobe is faced with two, often conflicting, network goals: containing costs and expanding access to technology services.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri has three main sites in St. Louis, including the main data center at Forest Park, plus five other "out-state" locations. The company's data network commitments continually grow and change. Originally a 4-Mbps-token-ring/SNA-host shop, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri found itself pulled in two directions when it began to deploy more...
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